Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, DrPH

Research Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics

Dr. Daniela Sotres-Alvarez is a research assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics.

She is interested in collaborative research in obesity and nutritional epidemiology, and particularly in research that applies statistical methods to assess and correct measurement error in dietary intake and physical activity. Dr. Sotres-Alvarez's primary research experience and interests include measuring dietary intake, physical activity and their association with health.

She has been a biostatistician and co-investigator at the Coordinating Center of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), since August 2010. She also is the Primary Investigator of the Coordinating Center subcontract for HCHS/SOL Ancillary Study SOLNAS. Her areas of statistical expertise include categorical data analysis, linear mixed models, latent variable models and complex survey analysis.

Honors and Awards

Selected to participate at the 3rd Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology2007, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICD) and Institute of Human Development, Child, and Youth Health (IHDCYH)

Special Commendation on Preliminary Doctoral Written Exam2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Scholarship for MS and DrPH in Biostatistics2000-2009, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology)

Honorific Mention on Bachelor’s Thesis1997, ITAM, Mexico

Research Activities

Research activitiesDr. Sotres-Alvarez is interested in collaborative research in nutritional epidemiology. Her dissertation research reviewed and evaluated methodological and practical implications for using latent class models to derive and study dietary patterns over time. Her statistical interests include: longitudinal data analysis, linear mixed models, multilevel linear models and generalized latent class models.

Research interests Global health Nutrition Obesity

Service Activities

2011: Presented talk on “Careers in Biostatistics” at Coral Reef Senior High School (ENAR High School Outreach: Developingthe Next Generation of Biostatisticians; funded by The American Statistical Association’s Biometrics Section)

2006-2007: Public Health Counselor Volunteer at The Student Health Action Coalition, University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill

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